LAB PRACTICE 13

TELLING AN ANECDOTE

Use of English 

Learn some tips for telling a story. MAKE NOTES of some useful phrases.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxTys2C4t68


Grammar: Past Tenses
2. Solve the FOUR exercises below:
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file05/?cc=mx&selLanguage=en

3. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html
4. http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-past-progressive.php


Listening:
5. Listen to the youngster's personal story:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/tell-story-or-personal-anecdote
5.1. Check your vocabulary: Word grouping


Writing:
6. Watch the video below and make a summary (resumen) of the story. Use the PAST TENSES
https://vimeo.com/49730773

LAB PRACTICE 12

 EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION

Listening:
1. Watch the video below and MAKE NOTES about how to express your opinion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnzXc66n0T0

Use of language:
2. Make notes of some expressions to show your agreement or disagreement
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-opinion.php

Writing:
3. Give your personal point of view 3 of the topics below. Support your arguments.

Using animals in medical research helps people
Gay marriages are wrong
Women will never be equal to men in the workplace
You can’t have a happy family life and a successful career at the same time
Marriage is outdated (pasado de moda)
The death penalty is acceptable in some cases
Foreigners shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Celebrities earn too much money
Military service should be obligatory
War is never an option for solving international disputes (conflictos)
Torture can be acceptable in some cases
We are becoming too dependent on computers
Smoking should be banned (prohibido) worldwide
Homework is harmful (dañina)
A woman’s place is in the home
Committing suicide should be made legal
Soft drugs should be legalized.
You will be happier if you stay unmarried
Software piracy is not really a crime
We do not really need religion
Euthanasia should be legal
Obesity is a disease
Video games contribute to youth violence
Cloning has a lot of benefits
Corporal punishment should be allowed in schools.

LAB PRACTICE 11

Listening:
Watch the video:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/free-time
Solve the exercises:

1.1. Check your understanding: Gap fill typing

1.2. Check your understanding: True or false

CAN, COULD and BE ABLE TO

Grammar:

2. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file04/nef_int_grammar04_a01?cc=mx&selLanguage=en
3. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file04/nef_int_grammar04_a02?cc=mx&selLanguage=en
4. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file04/nef_int_grammar04_b03?cc=mx&selLanguage=en
5. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file04/nef_int_grammar04_b04?cc=mx&selLanguage=en

6. http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/modal-verbs-ability.html
7. http://autoenglish.org/gr.can.i.htm

Listening:
8. Listen to the song. Fill in the blanks with a modal verb.

In my place, in my place

Were lines that I _____________ change
I was lost, oh yeah 

I was lost, I was lost
Crossed lines I _____________ have crossed
I was lost, oh yeah 

Yeah how long ___________ you wait for it?
Yeah how long ___________ you pay for it?
Yeah how long ___________ you wait for it?
Oh for it

I was scared, I was scared
Tired and under prepared
But I wait for it

If you go, if you go
Leave me down here on my own
Then I ___________ wait for you (yeah)

Yeah how long ___________ you wait for it?
Yeah how long ___________ you pay for it?
Yeah how long ___________ you wait for it?
Oh for it

Sing it, please, please, please 
Come back and sing to me, to me, me 
Come on and sing it out, now, now
Come on and sing it out, to me, me
Come back and sing it 

In my place, in my place
Were lines that I ___________ change
And I was lost, oh yeah, oh yeah

9. Look for 2 different songs which contain modal verbs (should, could, must, can, might). Copy the MODAL VERB PHRASES on your notebook.

LAB PRACTICE 10

MODAL VERBS

Grammar: Can, could, be able to
1. Watch this video and take notes and examples of the use of can, could, be able to. MAKE NOTES

2. Solve these exercises:
2.1 http://autoenglish.org/gr.can.i.htm
2.2 http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/modal-verbs-ability.html

Must, should, would, have to
3. Solve the exercises below and take note of your score::
3.1. http://baladre.info/english/sedaviwebfront/mustshould.htm
3.2. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/modal1.htm
3.3. http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/should/exercise5.swf
3.4. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1859


Listening and writing:
4. Listen to the people discussing different problems and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.
4.1. Check your understanding: Gap fill
4.2. Check your understanding: True or false

5. Make a summary of the problems those people are having. Use could/couldn't or be able to.

Ex: The boy could't pass his economics exam
The mother won't be able to afford another course